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Late lists cost 'hundreds of thousands'
Faculty fail to meet deadline
By: Angie Favot
Issue date: 11/12/07 Section: News
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Central Michigan University faculty members might have saved students "hundreds of thousands" of dollars if they had submitted their textbook requests on time.
Barry Waters, CMU Bookstore director, said no departments fully submitted its requests for the spring semester by the Oct. 19 deadline.
"I would say we are sitting on between 60 to 70 percent of textbook information that has been turned in for the spring semester," Waters said in an e-mail to Central Michigan Life.
Waters would not cite specific figures, but said it saves students "hundreds of thousands" of dollars when book lists are turned in on time.
Student Book Exchange Manager John Belco said the reason students save money is because it allows both the SBX, 209 E. Bellows St., and the CMU Bookstore more time to find used books instead of buying new ones.
"Plus, if we have an order in hand saying that a certain professor is going to reuse a book, we can offer students more money during buyback," he said. "We're competing with virtually every other college to get used books, so the more time we get to use, the better."
Waters said he thinks if faculty were aware of the money students could save, they would understand the importance of timely adoptions.
To submit a textbook request, faculty forward their list to each department who forwards the list to the CMU Bookstore's textbook department. Submissions can be made via mail, fax, e-mail or delivery, Waters said.
The CMU Bookstore then forwards the faculty requests to the SBX, Belco said
Waters said most faculty send in information individually.
"Only a couple of departments send in their information as an entire department," he said.
Secretaries from the chemistry, human environmental studies and engineering and technology departments said no requests from their offices have been sent to the CMU Bookstore as of Nov. 5.
Janice Lee, executive secretary for the School of Accounting, said four out of 16 professors submitted their requests as of last week.
Barry Waters, CMU Bookstore director, said no departments fully submitted its requests for the spring semester by the Oct. 19 deadline.
"I would say we are sitting on between 60 to 70 percent of textbook information that has been turned in for the spring semester," Waters said in an e-mail to Central Michigan Life.
Waters would not cite specific figures, but said it saves students "hundreds of thousands" of dollars when book lists are turned in on time.
Student Book Exchange Manager John Belco said the reason students save money is because it allows both the SBX, 209 E. Bellows St., and the CMU Bookstore more time to find used books instead of buying new ones.
"Plus, if we have an order in hand saying that a certain professor is going to reuse a book, we can offer students more money during buyback," he said. "We're competing with virtually every other college to get used books, so the more time we get to use, the better."
Waters said he thinks if faculty were aware of the money students could save, they would understand the importance of timely adoptions.
To submit a textbook request, faculty forward their list to each department who forwards the list to the CMU Bookstore's textbook department. Submissions can be made via mail, fax, e-mail or delivery, Waters said.
The CMU Bookstore then forwards the faculty requests to the SBX, Belco said
Waters said most faculty send in information individually.
"Only a couple of departments send in their information as an entire department," he said.
Secretaries from the chemistry, human environmental studies and engineering and technology departments said no requests from their offices have been sent to the CMU Bookstore as of Nov. 5.
Janice Lee, executive secretary for the School of Accounting, said four out of 16 professors submitted their requests as of last week.
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